Cape May, NJ wind

Cape May, NJ is a land weather station near Villas in the Delaware Bay sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 6 kn from SSE (150°), gusting 10 kn, 2026-11-04 00:30 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 19:30 America/New_York). Air 16°C. 1025 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 4 kn, 78 readings, gust 10 kn, peak mean 9 kn, mostly S (177°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 00:30 UTC: 6 kn from SSE (150°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-03 23:30 UTC: 5 kn from SE (130°), gust 7 kn
2026-11-03 22:54 UTC: 6 kn from SE (130°), gust 7 kn
2026-11-03 21:30 UTC: 6 kn from ESE (120°), gust 8 kn
2026-11-03 20:48 UTC: 7 kn from SE (130°), gust 9 kn
2026-11-03 19:54 UTC: 6 kn from SE (130°), gust 9 kn
2026-11-03 18:48 UTC: 6 kn from SE (140°), gust 8 kn
2026-11-03 17:30 UTC: 4 kn from SW (230°), gust 5 kn

Position 38.968, -74.960; exposure coastal. Cape May, NJ is on the shore: it reads sea wind well, land wind less so.

Forecast against this station

Judged on the forecast published by 6 am the same morning, over the last 7 days HRRR 3 km (NOAA) has had the smallest wind-speed error at Cape May, NJ: 2.3 kn on average across 155 hourly comparisons, against 3.6 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

Judged on the forecast published by 6 pm the evening before, over the last 7 days HRRR 3 km (NOAA) has had the smallest wind-speed error at Cape May, NJ: 2.3 kn on average across 155 hourly comparisons, against 3.6 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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